SIGNALL II

SIGNALL II offers a course on Perspectives on Deafness (POD) that is accredited by Trinity College Dublin and offered as part of the Bachelor in Deaf Studies. The course focuses on Deaf Culture, socio-cultural versus medical perspectives on deafness and International perspectives on deafness. Experiential and evidenced-based material will illustrate experiences of deafness by using case studies and video materials. The principal aim is that this course will be offered as a distance-learning programme with fully accessible course content in each partner country through the development of an e-learning platform specifically devised for this course.

Partners

The Centre for Deaf Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

The Irish Deaf Society, Dublin, Ireland

Grant Advisor, Brno, Czech Republic

The Finnish Association of the Deaf, Helsinki Finland

The Foundation for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship, Lodz, Poland

Centre for Community Engagement, University of Sussex, UK

Outputs

Video footage of Deaf studies experts from around Europe;

The first European text book on Deaf studies;

Over 25 case study vignettes of deaf perspectives;

A 10 ECTS course that is delivered as part of the Bachelor in Deaf Studies at Trinity College Dublin run by the Centre for Deaf Studies;